De Gruyter, 2011. — 284 p. — (Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] 54). — ISBN-10 3110264978; ISBN-13 9783110264975. This book provides a complete grammar of the Mani language spoken in the Samu (alternate French spelling Samou) region of Sierra Leone and Guinea. The data come from a short pilot study conducted during July and August of 2000, and a larger study taking place over two...
Berlin: Language Science Press, 2025. — xxv, 555 p. — (African Language Grammars and Dictionaries 7). — ISBN 978-3-96110-504-5. This is the first modern grammar and dictionary of Sherbro, an endangered Mel language spoken by ca. 50,000 people in Sierra Leone. The language faces significant pressure being abandoned in favor of the lingua francas Mende, Themne, Krio, and English....
Compiled and illustrated by S. Krafft. — Portland State University, 2018. — 86 p.: ill. This book introduces students to the writing system of Sherbro. It is the first book of its kind and we hope you find it useful. The Sherbro writing system uses a number of non‐English symbols that are explained in Appendix A at the end of the book. They are the standard symbols used in...
SIL International, 2018. — 62 p. Kisi is a seven-vowel language with contrastive vowel length and predictable stress on the penultimate syllable of the word. The consonant inventory includes prenasalised consonants, syllabic nasals and aspirated nasals. Morphophonological processes include asymmetric vowel height harmony, anticipatory vowel copying, vowel coalescence, vowel...
Lincom Europa, 2007. — 183 p. — (Languages of the world: Materials 465). KaThemne (Temne), is a member of the South Atlantic sub-family of the larger Niger-Congo family of languages. It is one of the two major languages of the West African country of Sierra Leone. The language is spoken by over a million native speakers and over a million second language speakers. It is the...
Abu Dhabi University, 2016. — 14 p. In Temne, any argument, whether it is expressed as a nominal or as an object marker, can be focused. A focused item is moved to the front of the sentence, and followed by an emphatic pronoun. The emphatic pronoun agrees in number and animacy with the focused argument. The rest of the sentence then follows.
Peace Corps, Washington, DC, 1987. — 135 p. A language guide to Temne is designed for Peace Corps volunteers serving in Sierra Leone. It contains introductory sections about the Temnes and Temne phonology and orthography, teacher notes on the use of the manual, and 12 lessons. Each lesson consists of a dialogue or narrative, notes on classroom presentation, vocabulary and useful...
London: Church Missionary Society, 1861. — 321 p. Many pages are locked. A Collection of Temne Traditions, Fables and Proverbs - an original edition of 1861. The Temne people constitute one of the largest ethnic groups of Sierra Leone. Their largest concentrations are found in the northwestern and central parts of Sierra Leone, as well as the coastal capital city of Freetown....
London, 1971. — 350 p. Loanwords from other African as well as non-African languages form a substantial part of the Temne lexicon. Despite the importance of loanwords in historical and comparative linguistics however, the study of loanwords in African languages has received inadequate attention in the past, and there has been a lack of comprehensive case-studies into the...
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